All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 9 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Serna Insurance Agency, based in Humble, Texas.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001 by Pete and Martha Serna, Serna Insurance Agency offers private client,...
Sep 6 2019 // Texas insurance regulators are now accepting comments from the industry in an effort to identify rules that need to be updated or changed.The Texas Department of Insurance announced earlier this year it would begin...
Sep 6 2019 // Former NFL athlete turned salesperson, Boone Stutz, has joined the McAllen, Texas, office of Fort Worth-based insurance services firm, Higginbotham, as a commercial property/casualty insurance associate.He brings more than...
Sep 5 2019 // A Rapides Parish, Louisiana, man wanted for livestock theft in Texas has been arrested in Louisiana, according to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF).Justin G. Thompson of 127 Pilgrim Road,...
Sep 4 2019 // In a letter to stakeholders emphasizing improvements made by the Texas Department of Insurance, Commissioner Kent Sullivan said during the past 10 years there have been significant increases in the numbers of agents and...
Sep 3 2019 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has added eight counties to a disaster declaration because of ongoing drought in the state.Abbott’s office on Friday released a proclamation in which Abbott added Brooks, Nueces, Jim Wells and...
Sep 3 2019 // A Houston company has been found guilty and ordered to pay $2.1 million in fines and restitution in the 2014 death of an Alabama man who died in an explosion while working western North Dakota’s oil patch.C&J...
Sep 3 2019 // The ransomware attacks on public entities in Texas, Florida, Maryland, Georgia and elsewhere this year have raised questions not only about paying ransoms but also about the role of insurance in helping these targets get...
Sep 2 2019 // Arch Insurance, Ventus Risk ManagementArch Insurance North America has agreed to acquire Ventus Risk Management, a technology and analytics-driven managing general underwriter that specializes in providing coastal...
Sep 2 2019 // Texas ranked as the state with most annual hail claims — by a wide margin — over the past three years, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).The NICB said in a media release that a review of...
Aug 30 2019 // San Antonio, Texas-based Nix Hospitals System LLC, doing business as Nix Healthcare System, has agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit.The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Aug 30 2019 // The Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT’s) 10-year transportation plan that includes more than $77 billion dedicated to improving safety, addressing congestion and connectivity, and preserving roadways...
Aug 29 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a bulletin providing summaries of selected bills enacted by the 86th Legislature that affect workers’ compensation and may be relevant to individuals and entities...
Aug 28 2019 // After years of failed attempts to eliminate it, the Driver Responsibility Program will end on Sept. 1. A measure signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott in June, House Bill 2048, shutters the 16-year-old program that left more...
Aug 27 2019 // H-E-B has voluntarily recalled half-gallon containers of Strawberry Creamy Creations ice cream after metal from processing equipment was found during routine inspections.The San Antonio-based grocer on Aug. 22 announced...
Aug 27 2019 // When Hurricane Harvey’s devastating rains began overwhelming the Houston area, Donna and George Duggan didn’t immediately evacuate their Katy home.After all, the Duggans, both 62, had lived there for the better...
Aug 26 2019 // A natural gas pipeline in Kentucky that exploded this month and killed one person has a history of deadly accidents. The Courier Journal reports six people in Kentucky and nine people in total have died in gas explosions...
Aug 23 2019 // Galveston, Texas has a new main fire station as recovery continues since Hurricane Ike swamped parts of the city in 2008.The Galveston County Daily News reports the $9.6 million Fire Station No. 1 was one of the last large...
Aug 23 2019 // Investigators say a Union Pacific worker has died after being pinned between two railway tanker cars in Southeast Texas. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Travis Andrepont of Louisiana was killed...
Aug 22 2019 // Think retreat is never an option? Think again.“Faced with global warming, rising sea levels, and the climate-related extremes they intensify, the question is no longer whether some communities will retreat—moving...